Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory findings and PCR results in 11 case patients with acute Q fever hepatitis.
Fig 1.
Representative photomicrographs of Q fever hepatitis (case no. 3 in case group, x200) and hepatic mucormycosis (case no. 6 in control group, x100).
(A) Characteristic fibrin ring granulomas consisting of a central fat globule or epitheloid cells with fibrin ring (arrow) (B) A suppurative granuloma consists of multinucleated giant cells with fungal hyphae (arrow) and polymorphous lymphoid cell including eosinophils.
Fig 2.
Agarose gel electrophoresis of Coxiella burnetii IS1111a gene.
DNA amplification with Q-fever-IS1111a primers for the detection of Coxiella burnetii. Gel electrophoresis of 202 bp products by using end-point PCR. M: 50bp DNA size marker; 1–11: DNAs from the case patients with Q fever hepatitis and N: negative control (left). M: 50bp DNA size marker; PC: C. burnetii DNA control (case number 1 of case patient group); 1–10: DNAs from the control patients and N: negative control (right).
Table 2.
Clinical and laboratory findings and PCR results in 10 control patients with hepatic granuloma.